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1910 BMH Gatehouse and Gate Pillars

Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 2021-02-04 07:26
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910

Received as is. Circa 1910. Note the "Military Hospital" on the gate pillars.

Rate Book 1915-16 Wanchai Rd 161.JPG

Submitted by jill on Wed, 2021-01-13 07:33
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2017

I haven't been able to find any information about Mrs L.M. Murray who owned "Merville", 161 Wanchai Road, the house where Ellen Olson, stepmother of my grandmother, Hannah Warren, died. The Rate Book entry for 1915-1916 shows that several of the "European" houses in this part of Wanchai Road were owned by the Irish policeman documented in Patricia O'Sullivan's book. We can see Henry Dixon, J.J. and C.L. Lysaught and N.G. Nolan. I'm trying to find out whether Mrs A.M.

Ying_Wah_1912-17_hpcbristol_2_unidentified.jpg

Submitted by TN Kwok on Sun, 2021-01-03 11:21
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910

Year according to source: 1912-17

Source: HPC, Univ. of Bristol

Ying_Wah_1912-17_hpcbristol_1_unidentified.jpg

Submitted by TN Kwok on Sun, 2021-01-03 11:21
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910

Year according to source: 1912-17

Source: HPC, Univ. of Bristol

Dover Ranges ad.jpg

Submitted by jill on Fri, 2021-01-01 03:57
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1917

I am certain that our family company, C.E. Warren & Co. never manufactured a cooking range of its own. I have never heard of the "Warren" cooking range. Perhaps there was indeed another company that manufactured one by this name that so conveniently matched our own. These ranges still exist as vintage pieces. The photographs of the real thing look a lot smarter than this illustration.

Cheavin's filter ad.jpg

Submitted by jill on Fri, 2021-01-01 03:48
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1917

A vintage Cheavin's stoneware water filter can definitely still be purchased as an antique today. I remember a stoneware water filter sat in the kitchen of our tea estate in Ceylon in the 1950s. All drinking water had to be boiled and filtered through this. The stoneware filters are a lot longer lasting and nicer to look at than today's plastic equivalent and probably just as efficient.

Skotoswede ad.jpg

Submitted by jill on Fri, 2021-01-01 03:38
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1912

I have not been able to identify the Skotoswede as a brand or find what company might have manufactured it. Ideas welcome! It sounds vaguely Scandinavian or German and I wondered if C.E. Warren & Co. had bought it in from Arnholds like some of their cutting machinery. I believe the cooking ranges advertised here were British.

The star of the scene

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2020-12-20 17:33
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1912

Detail cropped from photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/38554

Lady's hat

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2020-12-20 17:33
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1912

Detail cropped from photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/38554

People at the races

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2020-12-20 17:33
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1912

Detail cropped from photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/38554

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